#Performances
#About the event
Duration: 135 minutes
What will the world look like in 2040? More importantly, what could the world look like if we embraced the best climate solutions available to us? This groundbreaking documentary looks to the future with an optimistic message about climate change.Director and star Damon Gameau will hold a Q&A session after the screening.Copies of Gameau’s book 2040 are available to purchase with your ticket, at the event, or in the Festival Bookshop at State Library.
#Artist
Damon Gameau
Damon Gameau is an Australian director, writer and producer who was a NSW Australian of the Year nominee in 2020 for starting The Regeneration movement As a director he wrote, directed and performed vocals for the 2011 winning Tropfest short film, ANIMAL BEATBOX, which has now played at over 25 festivals worldwide. THAT SUGAR FILM was Damon’s first feature length film as a director and won Best Documentary at the Australian AACTA awards and became the highest grossing Australian documentary of all time. The also wrote THAT SUGAR BOOK and That Sugar Guide, the first is now published in 9 languages. Damon’s recent film, 2040, is an innovative feature documentary that explores what the future would look like by the year 2040 if we embraced the best solutions already available to us to improve our planet. It was released in April 2019 and is already in the top 5 highest grossing documentaries of all time in Australia and is now releasing around the world. ‘2040: a handbook for the Regeneration’ was published with the film’s release. In previous days, Damon was an actor who starred in several feature films, including Rolf De Heer’s critically acclaimed THE TRACKER, Robert Connolly’s BALIBO opposite Anthony LaPaglia for which he received an AFI Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor and PATRICK with Rachel Griffiths and Charles Dance. His television credits include UNDERBELLY, HOWZAT, LOVE MY WAY, PUBERTY BLUES, SECRETS AND LIES, GALLIPOLI and THE KETTERING INCIDENT.
